Eschiver

Oh, and you should be fighting the ships in the front row first as someone mentioned. That is another reason you may miss like crazy.

Hey man, the reason you miss is because your weapons are not in range even though your ship is. The little boxes above your ship HP bar must turn blue before you fire or else you'll mostly miss.

I always hit the ships when I fight so I'm assuming you're doing something wrong there.

Also, there are manuals with the game. Livability slows down the fatigue bar that you see when you travel from planet to planet.

Read the manual man. This is a complex game and it has a manual for a reason.